[pct-l] Sleeping Bag Repair

[billbatch at cox.net]

I only have one suggestion

Hide your girlfriend!

Gumby
---- "Eric Lee (GAMES)" <elee at microsoft.com> wrote: 
> Trail90 wrote:
> >
> Sounds like he just bought himself a sleeping bag
> >
> 
> Yeah, seems like the right thing for your friend to do is to replace the bag that he trashed.  But I suppose that the kind of "friend" that takes your bag without asking and trashes it is usually not the kind that would volunteer to make it right, eh?  Bummer.  Try not to let him get interested in hiking the PCT, mmmkay?  :-)
> 
> Anyway, if you need to salvage it, then you could first fix the holes by getting some scrap material and sewing on patches over each one.  The material should be down-proof and you'll have to stitch it tightly.  Adhesives might work but I'd be concerned a) about long-term staying power and b) about whether the adhesives would eat the shell fabric.  Try not to stitch through both the outer and inner shell otherwise you'll end up with a cold spot there.  Since you can work from only one side it'll be tricky but it should be possible.
> 
> Washing a down bag is a pretty standard operation and you should be able to find lots of instructions for that via a web search.  Western Mountaineering probably has instructions on their web site.  You might have to wash it a couple of times to get the urine smell out - I dunno.  Resist the temptation to use strong detergents because you don't want to strip all the natural oils out of the down, which would damage it.
> 
> Good luck.
> 
> Eric
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